Chicago Quotes
592 Chicago quotes by 417 unique authors
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Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.
— Joan Cusack
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I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for…
— Lauren Holly
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Schools were designed by Horace Mann and Barnard Sears and Harper of the University of Chicago and Thorndyke of Columbia Teachers College and some other…
— John Taylor Gatto
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L.A. just doesn't seem real to me. Chicago does. My real friends are there. It's home.
— Chris O'Donnell
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I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these…
— Dave Eggers
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If you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. So you're in Chicago. If you stand on the corner…
— Glen Hansard
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I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
— James Iha
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I'm from Chicago, my family started a chain of movie theaters in Chicago that were around for 70 years and then one of them became…
— Bob Balaban
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My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery…
— Bob Balaban
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Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and…
— Bob Barr
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
— Candace Bushnell
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Celebrities in general are pretty democratic, just being in the theater. Plus, I'm from Chicago. But Obama's sensible... he's just a reasonable, sensible human being.
— James Belushi
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Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.
— Jane Byrne
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I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.
— Jane Byrne
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In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.
— Jane Byrne
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The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved…
— Jane Byrne
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The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason.
— Jane Byrne
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Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
— Jane Byrne
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I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very…
— Ana Castillo
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Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt…
— Bill Ayers
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I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of…
— Sandra Cisneros
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Food in Chicago is the best.
— Lee DeWyze
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There are so many good venues in Chicago.
— Lee DeWyze
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I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter…
— Jeffrey Donovan
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I had the chance to visit all 56 counties in Montana in my pickup. You can put Washington, D.C., in one corner of our state…
— Steve Daines
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